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Start of Summer With Hamburgers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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For those of a certain age, the start of summer isn't about going to the beach because a life's worth of hamburgers means never again wearing a bat...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:15
Ladino Chorus Commemorates Passover by Keeping Endangered Language Alive
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Ladino: The Endangered Language of the Spanish Jews
Caption: Kantigas Muestras is a Ladino chorus based in Los Angeles., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
As Jews around the globe celebrate Passover to commemorate the exodus from slavery in Egypt, a community chorus in Los Angeles is keeping alive the...

Bought by KZYX, KUER, Prairie Public, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 4
Don't Let Tension Over Holiday Spending Ruin Your Relationship
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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Plus: Do You Know If You're Saving Enough For Your Retirement? Which Stocks Should You Own In A Bull Market?

Bought by WSGE, KRDP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sounds from the U Street Farmers Market
From: Deb Edattel
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Savoring the last day of the 2016 market season at the Whisked Pie stand.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
A Modern Thanksgiving
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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While the American mythology of Thanksgiving is about peace, in Shanaya Pudumjee’s house, it’s anything but peaceful. Find out how one woman pulled...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WKSU, KSTK, 'The Sea', WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 7
Once Upon a Frightmare
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Autumn (MAR 210 Fall 2015)
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A trip to a haunted house.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:53
The Most Luxurious Vacations
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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For the last decade, Mary Murrin lived and worked in Europe as a Cruise Director on the most luxurious riverboats afloat - traveling the Rhine, Dan...

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
Community Policing in Provincetown
From: Annabel Lang
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Provincetown has long been known as a bastion of tolerance, but hate crimes in the late eighties and early nineties threatened the town's reputatio...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 11:48
The War in the Air
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Caption: World War One planes
It's the 100th anniversary of World War One. CBC Radio presents The War in the Air. At the start of the war generals publicly stated their disdain ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, KFAI Minneapolis, Marfa Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 8
Landry Walker Marching Bands Prepares for First Mardi Gras Season as One School
From: Nina Feldman
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In this audio Postcard, the musicians and band leader of New Orleans' Landry-Walker marching band show what it takes to prepare for the Mardi Gras ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
Acoustic Stories: Mike Forbes- "Bestop My Heart."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Zack's First crush
From: Matt Miller
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A story that Zack didn't get to tell at the Moth, live in Chicago: The summer Zack was thirteen he got up the courage to talk to the girl across th...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Anticipation - "There's No Dishonesty In Reveling In the Anticipation of An Impossibly Ache, Pain, and Problem Free Future."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Anticipation - "Thousands of Years. Literal Bloodletting, to Figurative, Economic Bloodletting, to Sunscreen."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Richest You've Ever Been?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Vacation - "Not A Reality Show, Nearly As Absurd At Times."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
MN Church Celebrates Easter in Cabaret After Tragic Fire
From: Radio K
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On a Sunday in April, cheery faces populate the groundbreaking of a new church construction project in South Minneapolis. Almost a year earlier, th...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
Acoustic Stories : Charlie Pulkrabek : "Brad"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Christina Brown - "Comfort, no matter how little the cost, can be a great gift"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Christina Brown, AKA The Northern Cheapskate, presents an essay talking about one of the least expensive, and most cherished gifts she's ever recei...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing - "Christmas Tree"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing shares the story of his unique placement of his Christmas tree and the added benefits it provides his home. Downing also dives into s...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:38
Acoustic Stories: Mary Finch - Gifts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. In her essay, "Gifts," Finch shares the story of one of...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing, like Aaron Brown, looks at his seasonal tasks this winter and why those tasks should be avoided at all costs. Downing specifically a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:52
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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In his essay, "Winter Projects," Aaron Brown lightheartedly looks back at his past tasks for winter. He also discusses the preparations, obstacles,...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
Navidad Con Maryknoll
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Un grupo de empleados de Maryknoll provenientes de distintos lugares en Lationoamérica comparten las tradiciones navideñas de sus países. A grou...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Slovakian Easter Traditions
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Slovak Women
Jan (Yahn) Gadzo (God-zoh) left his home in Slovakia in 1969 and landed in the Iron Range town of Chisholm. Every year Jan and his family observe ...

Bought by WGZS and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
  • Length: 20:53
  • Purchases: 2